The McLaren 765LT has proven itself to be the quickest-acceleration production vehicle on the planet, but the owner of a heavily-modified Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 in the United States thought he could outdo the British supercar.
As standard, the Shelby GT500 rocks a 5.2-liter supercharged V8 churning out 760 hp, making it one of the most powerful cars currently on sale. However, such a remarkable figure clearly wasn’t enough for this owner as they have made a number of modifications to it, including the fitment of an upgraded supercharger. The car also rocks a new exhaust system and runs on race gas, allowing it to deliver 1,110 hp through the rear wheels.
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To put that figure into perspective, the McLaren 765LT owned by Brooks from the DragTimes channel on YouTube is completely stock. In theory that should mean its 4.0-liter twin-turbocharged V8 delivers 755 hp at the crank, but dyno tests suggest it actually produces more than 850 hp. Either way, it is at a disadvantage to the Ford.
The duo lined up for no less than five races and throughout all of them, they remained neck-and-neck. In one of the races, the McLaren beats the Ford by just 0.01 seconds, although across the five races, the Ford was consistently quicker, recording quarter-mile times in the 9.3 and 9.4-second range. However, once a tuned 765LT with a custom exhaust was brought to the drag strip for one final race, it beat the GT500.